American comic artist and musician

Lucy Knisley (born January 11, 1985) is an American comic artist and musician. Her work is often autobiographical, and food is a common theme.

Knisley's drawn travel journal French Milk was published through Simon & Schuster in October 2008. It received positive reviews in several publications, such as USA Today and Salon.com. Comics critic Douglas Wolk described it as "a keenly observed letter back home... the pleasure Knisley takes in food and company is infectious."

Knisley holds a BFA ('07) from The School of the Art Ins*ute of Chicago. While there, she contributed to and edited the comics section of the school newspaper, FNews. Knisley holds an MFA ('09) from the Center for Cartoon Studies. She was awarded the 2007 Diamond in the Rough scholarship for her CCS application comic, Heart Seed Snow Circuit. She is a 2014 recipient of the Alex Awards.

Contents

• 1 Personal life
• 2 Works
  • 2.1 Anthology contributor
  • 2.2 Self-published
  • 2.3 Albums
  • 2.4 Illustrations
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Personal life

Knisley became engaged to designer John Horstman. At the time of his proposal to her, they had been separated for three years after a five year relationship. They married in September 2014.

Knisley gave birth to her first child on June 13, 2016. She refers to him as "Pal" in her writing, short for Palindrome, for privacy reasons.

Works

• French Milk (2008, Simon & Schuster, ISBN:1-4165-7534-0)
• Relish: My Life in the Kitchen (2013, First Second, ISBN:9781596436237)
• An Age of License (2014, Fantagraphics, ISBN:9781606997680)
• Displacement (2015, Fantagraphics, ISBN:9781606998106)
• Something New (2016, First Second, ISBN:9781626722491)
• Kid Gloves (2019, First Second, ISBN:9781626728080)
• You Are New (2019, Chronicle Books, ISBN:9781452161563)
• Go to Sleep (I Miss You):: Cartoons from the Fog of New Parenthood (2020, First Second, ISBN:9781250211491)
• Stepping Stones (2020, Random House Graphic, ISBN:9780593125243)

Anthology contributor

• Trubble Club, Vol. 1-4 (2008–09)
• You Ain't No Dancer 3 (2008, New Reliable Press, ISBN:978-0-9738079-3-6)
• Secrets & Lies (2008, Magic Inkwell Press)
• Elephano (2008, ISBN:0-557-01798-X)
• Side B: The Music Lover's Graphic Novel (2009, Poseur Ink, ISBN:978-0-615-22080-2)
• I Saw You (2009, Random House, ISBN:0-307-40853-1)
• Girl Comics 1:: Shop Doc (May 2010, Marvel Comics)

Self-published

• Heart Seed Snow Circuit (2007)
• Searching For C*ady (2007)
• Radiator Days (2008)
• Pretty Little Book (2009)
• Drawn To You (with Erika Moen, 2009)
• Make Yourself Happy (2010)
• Mini-comics
  • Letters from the Bottom of the Sea (with Hope Larson, 2005)
  • My Addiction (2006)
  • French Milk minis (2009)
  • The Fast (2009)
  • "Paris Journal" (2009)
  • "Salvaged Parts" (2010)

Albums

• Sweet Violet (2006)
• Pretty/Nerdy (2007)
• Comics Tunes By and For Us Comics Goons (compilation, 2007)

Illustrations

• Beautiful Cadavers by Liam Jennings (Cover art, 2010)
• Margaret And The Moon by Dean Robbins (Illustrations, 2017, Knopf Books for Young Readers, ISBN:9780399551857)
• Love, Penelope by Joanne Rocklin (illustrations, 2018, Amulet Books, ISBN:9781419728617)

References

External links

• Lucy Knisley's website
• Lucy Knisley's blog
• Lucy Knisley's Instagram